News and Highlights

On Thursday, April 23, 13 deserving young Samoan students were awarded Lumana‘i Scholarships at the 24th Annual Awards Ceremony at Farrington High School on O‘ahu. The Lumana‘i Awards have been a project of the O‘ahu Association of the Hawai‘i Conference. High school seniors may apply for these scholarships and awards, given in several categories, including academic achievement, leadership and community service, scholar athlete, science, social work, and visual arts.

Christians of various churches and traditions gathered for the 125th Annual Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at Pūowaina "Hill of Sacrifice" on the grounds of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("Punchbowl") in Honolulu, Hawai‘i on Easter morning, April 5, 2026.

Several Hawai‘i Conference clergy attended the No Dictators rally this past weekend. Read their reflections.

Emergency Grant assistance is available to those affected by flooding through the United Church Board for Ministerial Assistance (UCBMA), the philanthropic arm of the Pension Boards. These grants are available to active or retired UCC clergy, lay church workers, and Members in Discernment.

A new fund has been set up through the National Offices of the United Church of Church to collect and distribute monetary donations to support congregations and individuals impacted by these back-to-back Kona lows.

Two back-to-back Kona low storms pummeled the Hawaiian islands relentlessly over the past two weeks. While the Conference is still receiving updates from various congregations and several roads around the state are still impassable, we do know that a number of churches had roof damage, water intrusion with damage, downed trees, as well as muck and debris on their church property. Countless families in our congregations and in the surrounding communities have suffered immeasur

We invite you (as individuals, churches, Associations, etc.) to partner with us in one or more of the following ways to support the 2025 ‘Aha Youth Event.

Bishop William Barber and Rev. Dr. Della Owens-Barber preached at Kawaiaha‘o Church and Central Union Church on O‘ahu on March 1, 2026.

The Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches (AHEC) held their 2026 Spring ‘Aha Hālāwai February 20 – 21, at Kona Lanakila Church in Kealakekua on Hawai‘i Island. Three people were installed.

On Friday, February 20, the Association of Hawaiian Evangelical Churches (AHEC) held a Service of Installation for John Leong as Kahu Pono of Kona Lanakila Church.